ANNAPOLIS There was some snickering in the General Assembly when Delegate Rushern L
Hagerstown Businesswoman Joins Opponents of `Death Tax’
WASHINGTON – A Hagerstown businesswoman said Thursday that the federal estate tax “steals a lifetime of work” from small business owners and family farmers
Bills for Newborn Hearing Screening Draw Support
ANNAPOLIS A Senate Finance Committee hearing Friday was packed with supporters of a bill to require all newborns in Maryland hospitals have a hearing test before they are discharged
Traffic Death Rate is Twice as High in State’s Rural Areas
WASHINGTON – Rural residents in Maryland are more than twice as likely to be killed in a car accident as the state’s urban dwellers, according to an analysis of 1997 fatal crash data
Congress’ Odd Couple, Bartlett and Markey, Join Forces on Bill
WASHINGTON – The political ideologies of Reps
Millions of Documents Lure Academics, Amateurs to Archives II
COLLEGE PARK – It is 8:30 on a recent Tuesday evening — a half-hour before closing — and the bleary-eyed stragglers are filtering out of the National Archives II building after a full day’s work
Transit Helps Move People from Welfare to Work
ANNAPOLIS – Successful welfare reform is directly tied to adequate public transportation, experts say
Reporters Sift Newly Released Nixon Documents for `Holy Grail’
COLLEGE PARK – A handful of reporters and one researcher showed up at National Archives II Thursday to peruse previously classified segments of tape that were used as impeachment evidence against President Nixon
Archives To Release Previously Confidential Nixon Documents
COLLEGE PARK – The National Archives is set to release tens of thousands of President Nixon’s previously confidential files Thursday and portions of taped conversations that were cited in impeachment proceedings against him